<h1><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/488966-President_Takes_to_Reddit_to_Endorse_Internet_Freedom.php" target="_blank">President Takes to Reddit to Endorse Internet Freedom</a></h1>
<h2>Says it will be part of Democratic platform</h2>
<h3>By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/29/2012 6:26:35 PM</h3>
<a name="139779a4e0a71785_"></a>President Obama put
in his own plug for Internet freedom Wednesday, a day after there was a
Republican plank on the topic, and said it would be in the Democratic
platform.<br>
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In some real-time, online conversing <a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/common/jumplink.php?target=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/i_am_barack_obama_president_of_the_united_states" target="_blank">
on forum Reddit,</a> the president said he knew Internet freedom was something the site's users "care passionately about."<br>
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"I do too," said President Obama. "We will fight hard to make sure that
the internet remains the open forum for everybody - from those who are
expressing an idea to those to want to start a business. And although
there will be occasional disagreements on the
details of various legislative proposals, I won't stray from that
principle - and it will be reflected in the platform."
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<a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/488942-Republican_Platform_Includes_Internet_Freedom_Plank.php" target="_blank">The Republican platform committed to Internet freedom too,</a> defining it as removing regulatory barriers to Internet innovation and industry-led
guidelines on privacy and data use. It also suggested the Obama-backed FCC network neutrality rules were not the way to go.<br>
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"We're thrilled that the president is paying attention to our efforts.
These lofty goals are admirable, and we absolutely share them," said
David Segal, executive director of Demand Progress. "But it's critical
that the Dems make sure that the platform language
-- and their actions in office -- live up to this rhetoric."<br><br>-- <br>Michelle Paulson<br>Legal Counsel<br>Wikimedia Foundation<br>149 New Montgomery Street, 3rd Floor<br>San Francisco, CA 94105<br><a href="mailto:mpaulson@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">mpaulson@wikimedia.org</a><br>
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